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Monika FuchsView profile

Professor

• Product management
• procurement management
• ergonomics
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Prof. Monika Fuchs serves as a Professor at HTW Berlin within the Department of Clothing Technology/Ready-Made Clothing (B), actively engaged in teaching and research. Her institutional role encompasses leadership in academic projects and student supervision while maintaining regular office hours during academic semesters. Her research integrates sustainability principles across product lifecycle domains, with specialized focus on ergonomics in household laundry systems and vocational education frameworks. Key investigations address procurement management inefficiencies in textile supply chains, sustainable design of ready-made clothing, and behavioral aspects of consumer laundry practices. This interdisciplinary work bridges engineering, environmental science, and educational theory to advance circular economy models in apparel industries. Prof. Fuchs demonstrates significant scholarly productivity through 29 publications and leadership in 24 research projects, though specific award recognitions are not documented in available materials. Her methodological approach combines empirical user studies with systemic sustainability assessments. She has supervised 3 doctoral candidates and contributes to academic governance through assessment activities. Current office hours during winter semesters occur Wednesdays 2:00-3:00 PM, with individual appointments available after January 15, 2025, reflecting ongoing mentorship commitments. Her project portfolio indicates active collaboration with industry partners on sustainable textile innovation.

Giovanni CompianiView profile

Associate Professor

• Industrial Organization
• Quantitative Marketing
• Econometrics
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Giovanni Compiani is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, specializing in Marketing. His research bridges industrial organization and quantitative marketing, focusing on advanced econometric methods. PhD, MPhil, MA in Economics from Yale University BSc, MSc in Economics from Bocconi University Previous Assistant Professor at Haas School of Business His work explores unstructured data integration in demand estimation, consumer search behavior on online platforms, risk preferences in cryptocurrency markets, and time perception in behavioral economics. He has published in top journals including Journal of Political Economy , Marketing Science , and Review of Economic Studies . Recent publications emphasize machine learning applications in econometrics, equilibrium modeling of lotteries, and crypto mining's economic impact. His research portfolio spans demand analysis, structural modeling, and behavioral insights. Editor's Choice Award, The Review of Asset Pricing Studies (2024) Developed nonparametric demand estimation frameworks Advances dynamic model identification with instrumental variables Compiani teaches Data Science for Marketing Decision Making at Booth and maintains active collaborations with researchers across econometrics, computer science, and behavioral disciplines.

Valerie GoodView profile

Assistant Professor

• Marketing
• Sales Management
• Retail Marketing
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Valerie Good serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing and Transportation at the Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, where she contributes to academic research and teaching in marketing disciplines. Her research spans critical domains including: Sales Management : Investigating salesperson well-being, motivation, and digital transformation impacts Retail Marketing : Analyzing online retail formats and product sales dynamics B2B Marketing : Exploring brand leverage and end-user engagement strategies Corporate Social Responsibility : Examining CSR's role during economic recessions Analysis of her 15 recent publications (2021-2025) reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) Human elements in sales processes, including resilience, loneliness, and purpose-driven motivation; (2) Digital transformation effects on retail formats, lead quality, and sales arrangements; (3) Strategic applications of corporate social responsibility during economic volatility. Her work consistently bridges theoretical rigor with practical sales and marketing applications, demonstrating increasing focus on psychological factors within commercial contexts.

Wendy De La RosaView profile

Assistant Professor

• Consumer Behavior
• Behavioral Economics
• Financial Decision-Making
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Wendy De La Rosa is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and the Alfred H. Williams Faculty Scholar at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Her research applies behavioral science to improve consumers' financial well-being, examining how people perceive and manage their financial resources. She earned her PhD in Consumer Behavior from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a private equity investor at Goldman Sachs and Centerbridge Partners, and helped start Google's first behavioral economics unit. De La Rosa's research focuses on consumer behavior and financial decision-making, with particular emphasis on how psychological factors influence spending, saving, and benefit utilization. Her work explores interventions that can help individuals, especially those with limited resources, make better financial decisions. She has developed frameworks like the AI-IMPACT model to understand technology's impact on financial behaviors and has conducted extensive research on budgeting period framing and psychological ownership to increase government benefit utilization. Her research demonstrates significant findings about payment frequency effects on spending behavior and how cognitive framing can improve financial decision-making, with practical implications for policymakers, fintech companies, and individuals seeking to improve their financial health. Forbes 30 under 30 Finance honoree (2018) Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Alfred H. Williams Faculty Scholar Penn's David R. Goddard Leadership Award De La Rosa serves on the board of Code for America and Propel, and is the co-creator and host of TED's "Your Money and Your Mind" series. Her TED talks have been viewed over 7 million times. As co-founder of Common Cents Lab, she has worked to improve financial well-being for low-to-moderate-income people through evidence-based interventions. Her work bridges academic research and practical application, making significant contributions to both scholarly understanding and real-world financial well-being, particularly for underserved populations.

• Educational Psychology
• Self-Determination Theory
• Motivation
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Julien Chanal is a researcher at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, specializing in Methodology and Data Analysis (MAD group). His work bridges educational psychology, motivation theory, and neuropsychology through empirical studies on self-determination, physical activity, and cognitive function. Primary affiliation: University of Geneva Research focus: Motivation and executive function assessment Key areas: Physical education, materialism effects, neuropsychological testing His research spans two decades, producing 38 publications with over 19,000 views. Recent projects examine motivation multidimensionality (2025), aerobic fitness-cognition links (2024), and neural correlates of materialism (2018). Despite extensive publication history, specific student names remain unspecified. Methodological innovations include epoch-length analysis in physical education (2015), self-concept modeling (2009), and neuropsychological norm establishment in Cameroon (2009). His work remains actively cited across disciplines, though no scientific awards are explicitly documented in available sources.

Ravi PappuView profile

Associate Professor

• Marketing communications
• Consumer behavior
• Brand management
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Ravi Pappu is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the School of Business, University of Queensland, Australia. He holds a PhD in marketing from the University of New England and an MBA with Distinction from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. PhD, University of New England, Australia MBA (Distinction), University of Waikato, New Zealand Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Distinction), University of Waikato Bachelor (First Class) in Mechanical Engineering, JNTU Anantapur His research bridges marketing communications and brand management, focusing on: Consumer decision-making across brand types Brand equity measurement frameworks Celebrity endorsement effectiveness Corporate sponsorship strategies Country-of-origin effects on brand perception Retailer brand value assessment His work has been downloaded over 370,000 times, with multiple papers in top journals like: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science European Journal of Marketing Journal of International Business Studies Journal of Business Research Scientific awards highlight his contributions: 2018 JPBM Most Impactful Article Award 2016 Emerald Outstanding Reviewer Award 2015 UQ Teaching Excellence Award 2006 UQ Research Excellence Award He supervises projects in: Celebrity endorsement Corporate sponsorship Country branding Brand innovativeness

Jason HartlineView profile

Professor

• Mechanism Design
• Auction Theory
• Algorithmic Game Theory
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Jason Hartline is a Professor of Computer Science at the McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, with a courtesy appointment in Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences. His research bridges computer science and economics, focusing on mechanism design, auction theory, and approximation algorithms. Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington (2003) Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University (2003-2004) Researcher at Microsoft Research (2004-2007) His work develops methodologies to analyze and design economic systems using computational theory, particularly in auction mechanisms and non-truthful settings. Key contributions include the textbook Mechanism Design and Approximation and frameworks for Bayesian and prior-independent mechanism design. Recent publications (2018-2023) span topics like non-truthful mechanism learning, multi-dimensional agent modeling, and computational law. Collaborations include researchers from Harvard, Microsoft, and institutions across economics and theoretical computer science. Grants include multiple NSF awards (CCF, ECCS, HDR TRIPODS) for projects in data economics, machine learning integration, and peer grading systems. Former advisees hold academic positions at Stanford, Yale, and Penn State.

Akhtar HussainView profile

Assistant Professor

• Power Systems
• Smart Grids
• Energy Storage
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Akhtar Hussain serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Laval University, Quebec. His research centers on AI-driven optimization of power and energy systems, with emphasis on microgrid resilience, distributed energy resource integration, and electric vehicle-grid interactions. He actively contributes to advancing grid reliability through innovative resource allocation and consumer satisfaction frameworks. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Incheon National University, South Korea (2019) M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Myongji University, South Korea (2014) B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (2011) Dr. Hussain's research spans power systems resilience, smart grid technologies, and equitable energy access. His work integrates artificial intelligence with traditional power engineering to address challenges in microgrid operation, electric vehicle integration, and renewable energy management. Key focus areas include developing algorithms for optimal resource utilization, enhancing grid stability during contingencies, and designing frameworks for fair energy distribution in diverse communities. His recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strong trajectory toward AI-enhanced grid management, with recurring themes of resilience optimization, equity-focused resource allocation, and electric vehicle-grid synergies. The research demonstrates increasing sophistication in handling uncertainty through machine learning while addressing socio-technical dimensions of energy transition. Dr. Hussain currently supervises one Master's student and has guided five Ph.D. candidates to completion. His research is funded by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant ($160,000/year) for the project 'Grid Condition and Resilience-Aware Incentivization and Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources' (2024-2029), supplemented by a Springboard to Discovery award ($40,000) for 2024-2025. As an IEEE member, he collaborates with industry partners on real-world grid modernization initiatives, focusing on practical implementation of resilience strategies through microgrids and mobile energy resources.

Ulf HedestigView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Digital Government
• E-learning
• +4 more

Ulf Hedestig is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Informatics, Umeå University. Based in MIT building, Umeå, Sweden, he focuses on technology-mediated education and digital government research. Contact: ulf.hedestig@umu.se , +46 90 786 61 32. Research Themes : IoT in public spaces, user-centered design, digitalization in education and government, mobile learning environments, knowledge transfer challenges Recent Trends : 2020 work on IoT urban applications, 2018 publications on China's digital strategies and O2O business models Key Collaborations : Mikael Söderström, Daniel Forest, Victor Kaptelinin Scientific Recognition : Excellent Teacher pedagogical qualification Distinguished University Teacher educational qualification

Karen AbbottView profile

Professor

• Theoretical Ecology
• Population Ecology
• Community Ecology
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Karen Abbott is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University, specializing in theoretical population and community ecology. Her research employs mathematical modeling to investigate species distributions, abundance fluctuations, and ecological pattern formation. Her primary research interests include: Theoretical Population and Community Ecology Spatial Synchrony in Forest Insect Outbreaks Plant-Herbivore Dynamics and Inducible Defenses Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change Invasive Species Spread Mechanisms Ecological Time Series Analysis Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal strong emphasis on spatial ecology, transient dynamics, and network theory applications. Key trends involve modeling synchrony in ecological oscillators, life history effects on consumer-resource systems, and environmental stochasticity impacts on population cycles. Her work frequently addresses how new biologically-motivated models improve understanding of unexplained ecological phenomena. Scientific awards: None mentioned in provided text. Research funding includes the eMB Collaborative Research project (2023) on mathematical approaches for spatial synchrony in ecology. While specific student advisees aren't listed, her faculty role suggests graduate and undergraduate mentoring. Her lab maintains active research in theoretical ecology as evidenced by continuous publication output. She leads the Abbott Lab (https://abbottlab480702554.wordpress.com/), which focuses on mathematical modeling of ecological systems, investigating spatial synchrony, plant-herbivore interactions, climate change effects, and transient dynamics in population cycles.

Breffni NooneView profile

Associate Professor

• Revenue Management
• Profit Optimization
• Consumer Behavior
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Breffni Noone serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Hospitality Management within Pennsylvania State University's College of Health and Human Development, specializing in revenue management and profit optimization across hospitality assets including hotels, restaurants, golf facilities, and spas. Her work bridges theoretical research with practical industry applications through data-driven decision frameworks. Dr. Noone earned her Ph.D. in Operations Management from Cornell University (2004), an M.B.S. from Dublin City University, Ireland (1996), and a B.Sc. in Management/Higher Diploma in Hotel & Catering Management from University of Dublin, Trinity College and Technological University Dublin, Ireland (1994). Her academic journey reflects deep integration of operations research and hospitality management. Her research centers on revenue management systems, consumer behavior in pricing contexts, and sustainable profit optimization. Key investigations include scarcity-based promotions, menu engineering, online booking psychology, and non-traditional revenue applications in golf. She emphasizes data visualization and operational design to balance profitability with social and environmental responsibility, examining how non-price information shapes consumer decisions across service encounters. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals expanding research scope from core hotel revenue management into crisis resilience, social inclusion, and cross-industry applications. Recent work addresses waiting-time psychology, employment biases against houseless individuals, and AI-driven commercial talent development, demonstrating adaptation to contemporary industry challenges while maintaining methodological rigor in experimental and field studies. No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials, though her consistent publication record in top-tier journals like Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research and International Journal of Hospitality Management indicates significant scholarly impact. Dr. Noone's grant-funded research focuses on pricing strategy effectiveness, non-price information processing in consumer decisions, service encounter management frameworks, and revenue management decision tools. Her projects generate actionable insights for hospitality operators through empirical analysis of consumer responses to scarcity cues, photograph content, and cultural variables in booking behavior, directly informing industry revenue optimization practices.

• Food Systems Law
• International Economic Law
• Agricultural Law
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Alexia Brunet Marks serves as Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Boulder Law School. She holds a J.D. from Northwestern University (cum laude) and a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Purdue University, complemented by a B.A. in International Relations from Colgate University. Her scholarly work bridges transnational food systems regulation, international economic law, and public health policy. Ph.D., Purdue University J.D., Northwestern University M.S., Purdue University B.A., Colgate University Research focuses on: Global food safety governance Climate-resilient agricultural frameworks Consumer protection and nutritional policy Economic risk regulation Legal approaches to pandemic food system resilience Recent publications examine regenerative agriculture transitions, pandemic workplace protections, and food labeling controversies. Her empirical studies span law student success metrics to municipal deterrence models. Scientific recognition includes: Colorado Law's Gamm Justice Award (2022) Consumer Rights Award (2019) Provost's Faculty Achievement Award (2017) Professional experience encompasses U.S. Department of Homeland Security risk analysis, Argonne National Laboratory modeling, and international trade venture leadership. She actively contributes to European and American Societies of International Law, and co-founded the Academy of Food Law and Policy.

Tony CooksonView profile

Professor

• Empirical Finance
• Household Financial Decision-Making
• Investor Behavior
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Tony Cookson is a Professor of Finance and the Michael A. Klump Endowed Professor at the Leeds School of Business , University of Colorado Boulder, where he has served since 2013. His research spans empirical finance , household and corporate financial decision-making , and the impact of social media and legal institutions on financial behavior. He has published in top journals like the Journal of Finance , Journal of Financial Economics , and Management Science , focusing on topics from investor disagreement to fracking-induced debt repayment . Education : Ph.D. in Economics (University of Chicago), M.S. in Statistics and Applied Economics (Montana State University), B.S. in Economics (Montana State University) His research interests include: How social media shapes investor sentiment and trading patterns The economic consequences of fracking and casino policy Legal institutions and their role in credit market development Behavioral finance through LLM-driven investor personas His scientific awards include the Best Paper in Investments and Asset Pricing (MFA 2023) , NASDAQ Best Paper in Asset Pricing (WFA 2021) , and Finalist for TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award (2021) . He serves as Editor at the Review of Corporate Finance Studies and Associate Editor at multiple top journals.

• Business Ethics
• Social Justice
• Social Entrepreneurship
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Dr. Lumina Albert is an Associate Professor of Management at the College of Business, Colorado State University , where she serves as Executive Director of the CSU Center for Ethics and Human Rights . She holds a PhD in Business Management and dual specializations in Marketing and Human Resource Management from her MBA. Education : PhD in Business Management, MBA (Marketing & HRM) Research Interests focus on social justice , ethical behavior , and interpersonal relationships in business , with a particular emphasis on human trafficking , diversity and inclusion , and attachment theory in organizational contexts. Her recent work explores trauma-informed education strategies and ethical leadership , as seen in her 2025 article on attachment theory in leadership and 2024 studies on 'just' firms and stress in the workplace. Scientific Awards include: Fulbright-Nehru Senior Teaching and Research Fellow AAUW International Postdoctoral Fellowship Daniels Ethics Fellow College of Business Excellence in Teaching Award Best Teacher of Colorado State University Award CSU Multicultural Distinguished Service Award Advising and Grants include mentorship for the student-led The Justice Club , which addresses racial justice , human trafficking , and commercial sexual exploitation . She has secured grants for research on crowdfunding , social entrepreneurship , and employment relationships . Labs and Teams include organizing the Northern Colorado Human Trafficking Symposium and serving on the Board of Directors of New Horizons House , which focuses on holistic restoration for trafficking survivors.

Aric RindfleischView profile

Professor

• 3D Printing
• New Product Development
• Consumer Values
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Aric Rindfleisch is the John M. Jones Professor of Marketing and Executive Director of the Illinois MakerLab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Gies College of Business. He serves as area chair of marketing and Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellow. His research focuses on 3D printing, new product development, consumer values, and AI applications in marketing. Rindfleisch has held editorial roles across 10 journals and received teaching accolades, including recognition by Princeton Review as one of America’s top professors. Education: Bachelor of Science from Connecticut State University (1987) Master of Business Administration from Cornell University (1990) Doctor of Philosophy from University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998) Rindfleisch’s research interests span innovation ecosystems, digital manufacturing, consumer behavior in the sharing economy, and materialism’s societal impact. His work bridges academic rigor with practical applications, particularly in leveraging technology like 3D printing for sustainable innovation. His recent publications highlight themes such as AI’s role in qualitative research, consumer responses to crises like the pandemic, and disruptive innovations in retail and transportation. Rindfleisch actively contributes to academic discourse through editorial roles and serves as a thought leader in marketing strategy and innovation management. Awards: Princeton Review’s “The Best 300 Professors” (2020) His leadership at Illinois MakerLab drives hands-on innovation, emphasizing collaboration between academia and industry. Rindfleisch’s work integrates marketing, technology, and consumer psychology to address modern challenges in product development and societal consumption patterns.